Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 2053

Wednesday 24 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 24 September

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 25 September

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 01:42 on Wed 24 Sep to 03:32 on Thu 25 Sep.

    2053-09-23T17:42:23Z → 2053-09-24T19:32:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 24th, 11:46–12:34 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 29603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 2053: Wednesday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 2053 falls on Wednesday 24 September. Dvādaśī runs from 01:42 on Wed 24 Sep to 03:32 on Thu 25 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:42 → 12:3212:2148 min12:2112 min23 Sep
Chicago12:42 → 14:3212:1824 min12:1848 min24 Sep
Jersey City13:42 → 15:3212:240 min12:2448 min24 Sep
Port of Spain13:42 → 15:3211:340 min11:3448 min24 Sep
London18:42 → 20:3212:280 min12:2848 min24 Sep
Durban19:42 → 21:3211:240 min11:2448 min24 Sep
Dubai21:42 → 23:3211:470 min11:4748 min24 Sep
Delhi23:12 → 01:0211:490 min11:4948 min24 Sep
Kolkata23:12 → 01:0211:050 min11:0448 min24 Sep
Singapore01:42 → 03:3212:330 min12:3348 min24 Sep
Sydney03:42 → 05:3211:240 min11:2448 min24 Sep
Suva05:42 → 07:3211:350 min11:3548 min24 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vamana-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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